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Recent DNA testing from soil samples gives
further evidence that the Book of Mormon is just 19th century frontier fiction.
Horses
in AmericaSep. 2012

An excellent letter and summary of Book of Mormon issues written to
apostle Jeffery Holland(May. 2012)
Holland - Book of MormonNot a single Book of Mormon issue was addressed
by Apostle Holland in his reply.Here is Holland's reply (May. 2012)
Reply from Elder Holland

. Mormons instructed to
not use outside sources, especially the Internet, when teaching from the lesson
manuals.
Mormon598(Jan. 2010) Pay
no attention to the man behind the curtain. (Mormontimes
Magazine)
Mormon599

The Mormon Church in its official church magazine, "The
Ensign", uses a story of a struggling single mother of 6 as an example of paying tithing.
The mother would rather have her children homeless and hungry than to neglect
paying tithing. Blind obedience or mindless irresponsibility? Mormon583

A Family Church?
A non-Mormon mother writes about being excluded from the Mormon temple wedding
of her convert daughter.Mormon503
Also, women discuss their temple weddings.
Mormon507Excluded from brother's temple wedding.
Mormon541

Newly Discovering the Facts on
Mormonism?Feelings and
depression.Mormon457

Mormon Belief Interferes with Rational Decision Making.A
concise summary of the dangers of believing in Mormonism and in magical
thinking.
Mormon439

DNA and the Book of Mormon.Read the
article in theUSA Today.
The story that Dr. Simon Southerton submitted to us as to why he left Mormonism
due to DNA evidence is atwhyleft125.htm. Also,
an interesting discussion on Mormon apologetics and DNA is atMormon391.

The Second Anointing. A personal experience.
A look into the inside of one of the secrets of the Mormon Church.
Mormon508

Feb. 2018 In 2015, LDS apostle Jeffrey R. Holland predicted 100,000 Mormon missionaries by 2019. As of Feb. 2018, the number of Mormon missionaries has dropped down to 68,000.
Mormon Church Closing 19 Missions

Dec. 2017 Zero growth in new congregations in the United States. As of late December 2017, the Mormon Church in the United States reported no net change for the number of congregations for the entire year (184 new wards/branches organized, 184 wards/ branches discontinued).
Mormon Church congregation growth now stagnant

Jul. 2016 The Mormon Church now admits the Book of Mormon is not
entirely historical. The comment by Apostle Nelson states 'some history is
found within its pages.' He does not clarify where such history may be
found in the book.
Mormon Church Admits the Book of Mormon is not Historical [Admin
note: There is no evidence of any actual history in the Book of Mormon.]

Apr. 2016 The Mormon Church general authority L. Whitney Clayton
tells BYU graduates to disconnect from ex-Mormons and avoid relationships with
"exes". The logical conclusion given to these recent graduates is to
disconnect from mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and other relatives and
friends who no longer believe in Mormonism. This is a term 'disconnect'
commonly used in Scientology.
BYU
grads warned about ex-Mormons

Feb. 2016 The Mormon Church is now admitting the leaders do make
mistakes. They do not, however, disclose what those mistakes have been.
This is
disingenuous.Mormon leaders have made mistakes

Joseph Smith - Polygamy
and Young WomenSmith's
appetite for young women now officially recognized by the Mormon Church in one
of its essays on LDS.org.
Fanny Alger -
Age 16 (Kirkland Ohio - 1833-1836) (The article states that Fanny and Smith later separated.
)
Zina D. Hunington - Age 19Nancy Rigdon - Age 19 Sarah Ann Whitney -
Age 16 Emily Dow Partridge - Age 19 Flora Ann Woodworth - Age 16
Helen Mar Kimball - Age 14 (J. Smith - Age 37- Nauvoo Il.)
And many more including the wives of men he sent on missions. Only brief and
vague information on Smith's polygamy is mentioned in official teaching manuals. Mormons
were lead to believe these were 'sealings' only. Mormons have been
intentionally kept in the dark by their leadership omitting important aspects of
Smith's life.

Mar. 2014 Anonymous essays are now defining Mormon doctrine and
history. Mormon Church, "If you do not like the current version of doctrine or
history, we will rewrite it for you". See current polling method used by
the Mormon church.
Mormon
Church is Polling on its New Essays

Feb. 2014 Charges of Fraud against the Mormon Church in England.
Book of Abraham, Book of Mormon, Tithing required to gain salvation/enter the
temple etc. Complaint based on British law that prohibits false
representations made to secure a profit. Feb. 7, 2014 Statement on the
summons:
Joint Statement

"District Judge Elizabeth Roscoe, who signed the summonses, ACCUSES Mr. Monson
of 'DISHONESTLY' making a gain for himself or another' by asking two men to pay
tithes on the basis of 'UNTRUE or MISLEADING' representations."
(emphasis added)

Dec. 2013 Authorship Of The Mormon Church's Anonymous
Essays on Blacks, Polygamy, etc. - by Steve Benson
"I
have had a recent, long, direct and informative discussion with a well-placed
and highly-credible Mormon Church source, which focused on the question of who,
specifically, authored the historically-revisionistic essays that the Mormon
Church has now placed on its official website. Just let me say that these essays
were not written by members of the Quorum of the Twelve or the First Presidency."
Authorship Of The Mormon Church's Anonymous Essays

"In 1949 the First Presidency reaffirmed the Church's position: 'The attitude of
the Church with reference to the Negroes remains as it has always stood.
It is not a matter of the declaration of a policy but of direct commandment from
the Lord,
on which is founded the doctrine of the Church from the days of its
organization, to the effect that Negroes may become members of the Church but
that they are not entitled to the priesthood at the present time"
Official Declaration - First Presidency
(BYU.edu)

Oct. 2013 Yet another sex abuse law suit against the Mormon Church.
Church
leaders are accused of covering up allegations that the son of local church
officials sexually abused 12 children over the course of more than five years.
The
suit alleges that the church, through its leaders, has tried to intimidate the
families of the children suing the church and has allegedly directed fellow
church members to try to convince them to abandon their claims "lest they run
afoul of church teachings regarding forgiveness.
Martinsburg Lawsuit

July 2013 New York Times reports on a failed attempt by Mormon
authorities to answer serious questions about the Mormon church from Swedish
members. These members were troubled as a result of learning the real history of
the Mormon church on the Internet, versus the content in the whitewashed official
manuals.
The
Internet is Destroying Mormonism

June 2013 Mormon missionaries to work out of local church
buildings to proselytize on the Internet and to give tours of the local church
(ward). They (and local members) have been pushed to reactivate those who
no longer attend. Non-Mormon parents should be aware that Mormon
missionaries will attempt to convert your children through social media.
June 23 2013 - World-wide Leadership Broadcast and
Called to be a Chapel Missionary

Feb. 2013 Mormon Church income annually through tithing is estimated
at 7 billion dollars.
$7 billion in tithing

Dec. 2012 The new Mormon website - MormonsandGays. "We
believe that with an eternal perspective, a person's attraction to the same sex
can be addressed and borne as a mortal test. It should not be viewed as a
permanent condition".
Did Anything Really Change?

Dec. 2012 If paying tithing means that you can't pay for water or electricity, pay tithing. If paying tithing means that you
can't pay your rent, pay tithing. Even if paying tithing means that you don't have enough money
to feed your family, pay tithing.
Ensign Dec. 2012[Mormon Church Official Magazine]

Sep. 22, 2012 Twede excommunication scheduled due to his writing
of factual history of the Mormon church and criticism of Romney.
New York Times Weighs In

Sep. 11, 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre -120 members of
the Francher party traveling through Utah executed by Mormons.
Mountain Meadows

July 2012 A recently published in Free Inquiry
estimates that the Mormon Church donates only about 0.7 percent of its annual
income to charity; the United Methodist Church gives about 29 percent.
Charity

July 2012 Mormon Church claims 4 times as many members in Brazil
than the 2010 Brazilian census data. Both the JW's and Seventh Day
Adventist's membership claims are consistent with census data. This is
another example of inflated Mormon membership statistics. Brazil

Aug. 2012 update. The Mormon Church's City Creek Center
shopping mall and condo development is at 3 billion dollars (or more) per Salt
Lake Chamber's Can-Do Coalition.
The entire redevelopment of downtown SLC is:
Five Billion DollarsAn organization that spends more on real
estate to develop malls, condos and resorts ($500 million in Hawaii alone) than on helping the poor is, by any definition, a
corporation, not a religion. The published figures range from $1.5 billion for
the mall to $3 billion. $5 billion is for the total development
downtown. The Mormon
church does not open its books. We have published figures from KSL and
Deseret News - both Mormon owned. Thomas S. Monson, the Mormon
prophet at the opening cheered, 'One, two, three—let's go shopping!'. He
has rarely spoken in public since. Mormon Mall City Creek profits are tax free

May 2012 The Mormon Church falsifies US membership data
for a national survey.
Church Statistics

June 2011 More pressure to pay tithing, yet the Mormon Church
never discloses its finances. Mormon647

Mormon Church to spend more than $3.0 billion on a shopping mall in SLC.Three
years ago the cost was $2.0 billion. More money is being spent on this mall and related development than given in
total charitable aid in the last 30 years!Is this a church
or a corporation? Donations to the Mormon church are not helping
the poor.Updates:
$38 million to divert City Creek to flow through the mall plus treat the water.
A comparison to other large building projects.Mormon403 Parts
A,
B,
C.
D. and
E.

Feb. 2011 Multi-level marketing companies are second only to
tourism in bringing in revenue to Utah. Mormon639

Jan. 2011 The Mormon idea of service is to clean the bathrooms
of a multi-billion dollar corporation. Mormon634

Oct. 2010 Apostle Boyd K. Packer's talk on homosexuality is
edited after it is given in conference due to public outcry. Mormon632

Aug. 2010 R. Dean Udy, LDS Church Regional Representative, in
prison for running a Ponzi Scheme bilking fellow Mormons of over $20 Million.
Affinity fraud is rampant in Utah and in the Mormon culture.Mormon631

Aug. 2010 Deseret News is being downsized. Yet more evidence of
current financial problems. A new $15 million dollar building was erected
for them just a few years ago.
Mormon630

Jun. 2010 Mormon Church eliminating more paid custodians. It
appears it is experiencing a cash crunch in financing the City Creek
multi-billion dollar mall project. Members are now expected to
do more of the cleaning of meeting houses, temples and other church properties.
Mormon615

Dec. 2009 Mormon Church to spend over $100 million
(estimate) on a hotel/resort complex in Hawaii. Mormon595

Oct. 2009 Apostle Holland misleads members with his Book of
Mormon prop and his assertions. Mormon587

Aug. 2009 TheMormon Church appears to be abandoning the
Book of Abraham, a supposed translation by Joseph Smith from some common
Egyptian funeral papyri.
Mormon586

Jun. 2009 Mormon Church has spent nearly $600 million to bail
out Beneficial Life via Deseret Management over the last 2 years. The
Mormon Church can find hundreds of millions to fund failing institutions, yet it
is unwilling to help average members. Mormon581

Apr. 2009 Dallin Oaks, Mormon Apostle, tells members at the
Easter Midwest conference, via satellite broadcast, that the church will not
help them during these difficult economic times.
Mormon576. Members who paid tithing all of their lives will
find that the church will refuse to assist or, at best, grant minimal assistance
with heavy guilt placed on the member for asking.

Mar. 2009 Discussions on the HBO series Big Love and on the
Mormon Temple Ceremony. Mormon572. See
also the Bulletin Boards for up to date
information.

Feb. 2009 The Mormon church receives more than 5-8 billion
dollars per year in tithing alone from US wards [congregations] based the on
experiences of ward clerks and gives less than 1.3% in charitable aid. Mormon565

Jan. 2009 The Mormon church initiates a hiring freeze and
continues to work on the 2 billion dollar mall in SLC.
Freeze

Dec. 2008 The Mormon Church being investigated for its involvement
in California's Proposition 8.
Mormon559

Sep. 2008 A Mormon High Priest has been threatened with
excommunication for writing against an anti-gay amendment in California.
TV Story Neb. and
TV Story SLCAlso follow the discussions on the bulletin board.
Recovery bb Public opinion has forced the church to delay the
court date toafter the Nov. election.See
Court Delayed

Sep. 2008(updated) Mormon apologists now fighting other Mormon apologists over
the alleged locations of the Book of Mormon events.
Mormon534

July 2008 A Mormon man was excommunicated for his calendar
of shirtless male Mormon missionaries. The Marriott corporation and its
Mormon owners are one of the largest purveyors of hard core pornography in the
US. The Marriotts have never been reprimanded. Instead, they are
held in high esteem by the Mormon hierarchy due to the large amount of tithing
they pay. To read about the excommunication of Hardy, see:
Mormon539

Mormon Church to spend more than $2.0 billion on shopping malls in SLC.
More money is being spent on these malls than given in total charitable aid in
the last 22 years!Is this a church
or a corporation? Donations to the Mormon church are not helping
the poor.Mormon403

May 2008 Mormon Church attempts to gag the Internet regarding
posting the "Handbook of Instructions".
Mormon528

Newsweek publishes an article for the Mormon Church
by a BYU graduate.The
author at least admits that Joseph Smith used a seer stone in a hat for
‘translation’, which is quite different from the official church
teachings.She also admits that
Smith was a polygamist.Mormon433

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